Words to Regret: Famous Media Blunders

Giuliana Rancic, Don Lemon, Naya Rivera and more.

Notoriously Outspoken - Voicing your opinion is not always easy in our 24-hour news cycle. Some "talking heads" have gotten into hot water for their unfiltered — and often offensive — comments. From Giuliana Rancic's insensitive remarks of Zendaya's locs to Don Lemon's many awkward moments, we highlight famous media blunders.(Photos from left: Jason Merritt/Getty Images, Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
Giuliana Rancic - Known for harshly judging the fashions of the red carpet's hottest celebrities, Giuliana Rancic's remarks are usually taken as snarky fun. However, the E! correspondent crossed the line when she commented on young star Zendaya's locs during an Oscars special of Fashion Police, saying, "I feel like she smells like patchouli oil...and weed." After receiving a huge amount of backlash from the public and celebrities alike, Rancic issued an apology to Zendaya, which the 18-year-old graciously accepted.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Don Lemon - This CNN anchor covered the biggest stories of the year — but we hope Lemon made a resolution to choose his words more wisely. Among his most egregious gaffes of the past twelve months: asking guests whether Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 could have been swallowed by a black hole and lecturing a woman who accused Bill Cosby of rape by saying, “You know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you didn’t want to do it…Meaning the use of teeth, right?” Less than a week later, as protests turned violent in Ferguson after the grand jury decision not to indict the police officer who killed Michael Brown, he described the scene as such: “Obviously, there’s a smell of marijuana in the air.” (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)Naya Rivera - The Glee star evoked the wrath of Black Twitter — and a lot of raised eyebrows — when, during a guest-hosting stint on The View , she said that showering daily is a "white people thing." Even co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie Perez had to distance themselves from that strange statement.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images for De Re Gallery)

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Notoriously Outspoken - Voicing your opinion is not always easy in our 24-hour news cycle. Some "talking heads" have gotten into hot water for their unfiltered — and often offensive — comments. From Giuliana Rancic's insensitive remarks of Zendaya's locs to Don Lemon's many awkward moments, we highlight famous media blunders.(Photos from left: Jason Merritt/Getty Images, Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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